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Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) Proposed Amendments

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SEC Proposes Robust Amendments to Regulation S-P

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At an open meeting on March 15, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously to propose rule amendments to Regulation S-P (Proposed Rule) and published an accompanying release (Release). The Proposed...more

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FAST-41 Environmental Review and Permitting Process Changes in the Senate Infrastructure Bill

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Title VIII of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684), the infrastructure bill recently passed by the U.S. Senate, includes several important amendments to Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface...more

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Federal Permitting Council Proposes Adding Mining Sector Under “FAST-41”

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The Federal Permit Improvement Steering Council on November 27, 2020, proposed to add mining to the list of infrastructure sectors that are covered by Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41). 85...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments To Enhance MD&A Disclosures and Issues New MD&A Interpretative Guidance

The SEC issued documents on January 30, 2020, regarding management discussion and analysis (MD&A) and other disclosures. ...more

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Key Takeaways from Our Public Company SEC Reporting Webinar

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The Bass, Berry & Sims Corporate & Securities Practice Group recently hosted another in a series of complimentary webinars exploring various public company-related securities law issues. The most recent Securities Law...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments to Further Modernize Regulation S-K Disclosure Requirements

On August 8, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to the requirements related to the description of business, legal proceedings, and risk factors in SEC filings. These amendments are...more

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SEC Proposes Updates to Disclosure Rules under Regulation S-K

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On August 8, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed sweeping changes to the disclosures regarding the description of business, legal proceedings and risk factors that reporting companies are required to provide...more

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SEC Adopts Rules to Implement FAST Act Mandate

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On March 20, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to adopt amendments to eliminate outdated and unnecessary disclosure. Among other things, the amendments will allow companies to redact confidential information...more

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Additional FAST Act-Mandated Disclosure Changes Adopted

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted additional amendments that are intended to simplify disclosure requirements for public companies, investment advisers and investment companies. ...more

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Blog: SEC adopts amendments for FAST Act Modernization and Simplification of Regulation S-K

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Yesterday, once again without an open meeting, the SEC voted to adopt amendments designed to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements for public companies. The final amendments, which were adopted largely as originally...more

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SEC Disclosure Update and Simplification

Amendments remedy duplicative, overlapping or outdated disclosure requirements with other requirements by the SEC, U.S. GAAP or changes in the overall information environment. The amendments show recent SEC efforts to...more

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Another Wave of Disclosure Simplification Rules Adopted by the SEC

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On August 17, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of amendments to simplify and update disclosure requirements. Although the amendments are voluminous in length and breadth of provisions...more

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SEC Adopts Disclosure Simplification Amendments

Congress passed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (known as the “FAST Act”) at the end of 2015. Among other things, the FAST Act directed the SEC to modernize and simplify its disclosure requirements by...more

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Blog: SEC adopts final disclosure update and simplification amendments

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In her statement at the SEC open meeting held in 2016 to vote on issuing the proposing release for the SEC’s “Disclosure Update and Simplification,” SEC Commissioner Kara Stein protested that the proposal was, as she...more

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SEC Releases Proposed Amendments to Modify and Simplify Public Company Disclosure

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The SEC has proposed many amendments to its disclosure requirements for public company reports and offering documents, based in large part on the SEC staff study contained in its FAST Act Report. Although largely technical,...more

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SEC proposes rule amendments under the FAST Act to modernize and simplify disclosure

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The SEC recently proposed amendments intended to update, streamline and improve its disclosure framework and to reduce the compliance burden for public companies. The proposed amendments, which are detailed in the proposing...more

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SEC Proposes Rules to Implement FAST Act Mandate to Modernize and Simplify Disclosure

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On October 11, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed amendments to a wide range of its disclosure rules and forms with the goals of updating, streamlining and otherwise improving the SEC’s disclosure requirements...more

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The SEC Proposes Amendments to Modernize and Simplify Regulation S-K

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On October 11, 2017, the Commissioners of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously in an open meeting to propose amendments to Regulation S-K and related rules and forms. ...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments to Modernize and Simplify Regulation S-K

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On October 11, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose amendments to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K and related rules and forms to reduce the costs and...more

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SEC Proposes Rules To Modernize And Simplify Certain Disclosure Requirements In Regulation S-K And Related Rules And Forms

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On October 11, 2017, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (the Commission) proposed amendments to simplify and modernize the disclosure obligation of public companies in an effort to reduce costs and burdens on...more

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SEC Proposes Modernization and Simplification of Regulation S-K

On October 11, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted unanimously to propose amendments to modernize and simplify certain disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K applicable to public companies, investment...more

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SEC Proposes Disclosure Changes

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The SEC issued a proposing release on October 11, 2017 to amend a wide variety of disclosure rules, primarily under Regulation S-K, in an effort to modernize and in some cases simplify disclosure requirements for public...more

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SEC Proposes Streamlining Disclosure Requirements

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On October 11, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to Regulation S-K designed to simplify and streamline disclosures made by public companies and reduce compliance costs while continuing to...more

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SEC Proposes Rules to Modernize Regulation S-K Disclosure Requirements

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During an open meeting on October 11, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose amendments to modernize and streamline the disclosure requirements for public companies, investment advisers, and...more

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FAST and Furious: Proposed Amendments to Regulation S-K Requirements

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In recent months, there has been an active dialogue regarding the regulatory burdens for public companies and whether these burdens have contributed to the decline in the number of U.S. initial public offerings (“IPOs”) and...more

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